The government has already begun construction of the Santo Domingo Cyberpark and the Americas Institute of Technology at Km. 27 of the Las Americas Highway. RD$208 million are being invested into what will be the DR’s first high tech park. The governments of Taiwan and Japan have committed funds to the project. The first phase of the Cyberpark is expected to be ready by the end of the Fernández term, in August 2000. SoftBank, the major Asian high tech and Internet investor, has shown a serious interest in being one of the first companies to open in the park.
